“Religious readings belong in Sunday school, not in public schools,” said one parent opposed to the proposal. Less than six months after a federal judge enjoined a Texas law mandating display of the “allegedly Protestant version of the Ten Commandments” in public schools, Republican lawmakers in the Lone Star State are pushing legislation to force children to read the Bible in classrooms. […]
Despite denials of being involved in the Texas state senate special election, Trump endorsed the losing candidate on three separate occasions over the last three days. Hours after the Republican Party suffered an upset defeat in a special election in a deep-red district in Texas, President Donald Trump falsely claimed he had nothing to do with the race. While speaking to reporters […]
“What I saw in Texas was utter lawlessness,” said Sen. Chris Murphy. Sen. Chris Murphy recently took a trip to inspect federal immigration detention facilities in San Antonio, Texas, and also took a detour to a local courtroom where he saw up close how federal agents are working to detain families who have been obeying the law while trying to […]
Alito’s order came in response to a ruling from a federal court in Texas on Tuesday, which blocked the new congressional maps on the basis that they were “racially gerrymandered.” Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily restored a controversial Trump-backed Texas redistricting plan that could grant Republicans an extra five seats in the House of Representatives. Alito’s order came in response to a […]